LuaTeX operates by default in UTF-8 input; thus LaTeX documents that need 8-bit character-sets need special treatment. (In fact, LaTeX documents using UTF-8 with “traditional” — 256-glyph — fonts also need support from this package.)

The package, therefore, replaces the LaTeX standard inputenc for use under LuaTeX. With a current LuaTeX,the package has the same behaviour with LuaTeX as inputenc has under pdfTeX.

The author is Élie Roux. The package is Copyright © 2009 Elie Roux.